On our last stop this season, we land in San Diego facing a chicken or egg dilemma: Do communities create economies? Or is it the other way around? To help us solve that puzzle, we talk to a manager of a nonprofit, a hotel CEO, a colonel in the Marines, and a Spanish teacher – people who might not seem to have much in common, but who have found a shared home in this fluid, ever-changing part of Southern California.
Interviewees:
- Kristen Walker
- Colonel Jason Woodworth
- Robert Gleason
- Dan Watman
Organizations:
- San Diego Workforce Partnership
- Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
- Evans Hotels
- Friends of Friendship Park
![2 women in a hallway smiling with oversized cards reading: caring and home](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Barrio-Logan-Parents.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![President Mary Daly and SF Fed staff member Ellen Chan in a recording session with a community leader by the U.S.-Mexico border fence](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Barrio-Logan-Students.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![12 students from diverse ethnic backgrounds holding oversized cards, reading: family, awesome, awareness, success, beautiful, hope, future, inspire, believe, college, education, comforting](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Interviewing-at-the-Border.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![President Mary Daly with 5 community leaders holding oversized cards reading: be (you) tiful, resilient, supportive, diverse, passionate](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Reality-Changers.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Street sign reads: Mexico only, no USA return](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Border-Sign.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Rusted metal fence at U.S.-Mexico border](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/U.S.-Mexico-Border.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Woman smiling with an oversized card reading: freedom](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Freedom-One-Word.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Najmo twins being interviewed](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Twins.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)
![Najmo twins being interviewed](https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Twins2.jpg?quality=100?w=350&h=350&crop=1)